Cooking container for electronic oven

Abstract

A cooking container for an electronic oven includes a housing unit having an entrance through which hot air enters; and a support unit on the housing unit, configured to have placed thereon one or more cooking objects to be cooked by the hot air.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A cooking container for an electronic oven, comprising:
 a housing unit having an entrance through which hot air can enter; and 
 a support unit on the housing unit, configured to have placed thereon one or more cooking objects to be cooked by the hot air; 
 wherein the housing unit comprises: 
 a housing body having the entrance at a lower portion thereof, and open at an upper portion thereof; and 
 legs supporting the housing body; 
 wherein the housing body comprises: 
 a housing side section supporting a periphery of the support unit; 
 a housing bottom section extending inwardly from a lower end of the housing side section; 
 a housing inside section extending upward from the housing bottom section, connected to the entrance, wherein an introduction space is inside the housing inside section, connected to the entrance, and wherein the housing inside section facing the introduction space has a convex curved shape; and 
 guide projections having a spiral shape on a surface of the housing inside section that faces the introduction space, configured to guide and rotate the hot air. 
 
     
     
       2. The cooking container according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a cover configured to cover the support unit and/or block movement of the hot air. 
 
     
     
       3. The cooking container according to  claim 1 , wherein the housing side section has a rounded contour, and is sloped towards the housing body in a downward direction. 
     
     
       4. The cooking container according to  claim 3 , wherein the upper end of the housing body is at a position and/or a height equal to or higher than a hot air supply unit from which the hot air is discharged towards a side of the housing body. 
     
     
       5. The cooking container according to  claim 1 , wherein the housing bottom section has an annular shape, and the legs are fixed to the housing bottom section. 
     
     
       6. The cooking container according to  claim 1 , wherein the support unit comprises:
 a support body having a plurality of through-holes through which the hot air flows; and 
 a cover section configured to cover an outer periphery of the support body. 
 
     
     
       7. The cooking container according to  claim 6 , wherein the support body comprises:
 a peripheral support part inside the cover section, having an annular shape; 
 a central support part at a center portion of the support body section inside the peripheral support part; 
 a plurality of first support parts having first through-holes through which the hot air passes, extending from the central support part toward the peripheral support part; and 
 a plurality of second support parts between adjacent first support parts, and having a plurality of second through-holes through which the hot air passes. 
 
     
     
       8. The cooking container according to  claim 7 , wherein the second support parts extend downward more than the first support parts. 
     
     
       9. The cooking container according to  claim 7 , wherein the second support parts comprise rounded support portions having an arc-like shape and/or a convex upward shape, centered on the central support part. 
     
     
       10. The cooking container according to  claim 2 , wherein the cover comprises:
 a cover body configured to close the upper end of the support unit, having a dome-like or spherical cap shape; and 
 a knob on the cover body section. 
 
     
     
       11. The cooking container according to  claim 1 , wherein each of the legs comprises:
 a leg frame fixed to an outer surface of the housing unit; and 
 a leg cover configured to surround and/or receive the leg frame.